Publications

Peer-reviewed articles

  1. Wedge-Roberts, R., Aston, S., Beierholm, U., Kentridge, R., Hurlbert, A., Nardini, M., & Olkkonen, M. (2023). Developmental changes in colour constancy in a naturalistic object selection task. Developmental science, 26(2), e13306.
  2. Saarela, T. P., Niemi, S. M., & Olkkonen, M. (2023). Independent short-and long-term dependencies in perception. Journal of Vision, 23(5), 12-1.
  3. Sawayama, M., Dobashi, Y., Okabe, M., Hosokawa, K., Koumura, T., Saarela, T.P., Olkkonen, M. & Nishida, S. (2022). Visual discrimination of optical material properties: a large-scale study. Journal of Vision, 22(17), 1-24.
  4. Wedge-Roberts, R., Aston, S., Beierholm, U., Kentridge, R., Hurlbert, A., Nardini, M. & Olkkonen, M. (2020). Specular highlights improve colour constancy when other cues are weakened. Journal of Vision, 20(4):4.
  5. Aston, S.*, Denisova, K., Hurlbert, A.*, Olkkonen, M.*†, Pearce, B.*, Rudd, M.*, Werner, A.* & Xiao, B*. (2020) Exploring the determinants of color perception using \#thedress and its variants: the role of spatio-chromatic context, chromatic illumination, and material-light interaction. Perception, 49 (11), 1235-1251.
    * All authors contributed equally and are ordered alphabetically.
    † Corresponding author
  6. Virtanen, L., Olkkonen, M. & Saarela, T. P. (2020) Color ensembles: Sampling and averaging spatial hue distributions. Journal of Vision, 20(5):1, 1-14. Article Cover art
  7. Peromaa, T., & Olkkonen, M. (2019). Red color facilitates the detection of facial anger -- But how much? PLoS ONE, 14(4): e02, 1-13. Article
  8. Mattar, M. G.*, Olkkonen, M.*, Epstein, R. A., & Aguirre, G. K. (2018). Adaptation decorrelates shape representations. Nature Communications, 9:3812, 1-9.Article
    9. * Equal contribution
  9. Olkkonen, M., & Saarela, T. (2018). Aisti-informaatiosta havainnoksi: värikonstanssin ongelma. Niin ja Näin, 2, 57-66. Article (in Finnish)
  10. Witzel, C., Olkkonen, M., & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2018). A Bayesian Model of the Memory Colour Effect. i-Perception, 9(3), 1-16. Article
  11. Olkkonen, M., Aguirre, G. K., & Epstein, R. A. (2017). Expectation modulates repetition priming under high stimulus variability. Journal of Vision, 17, 1-16. Article
  12. Olkkonen, M., Saarela, T. P., & Allred, S. R. (2016). Perception-memory interactions reveal a computational strategy for perceptual constancy. Journal of Vision, 16(3), 1-21. Article
  13. Bae, G.-Y., Olkkonen, M. , Allred, S. R., & Flombaum, J. I. (2015). Why some colors appear more memorable than others: A model combining categories and particulars in color working memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 144, 744-763. Article PDF Press release
  14. Allred S. R., & Olkkonen, M. (2015). The effect of memory and context changes on color matches to real objects. Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics , 77, 1608-1624. Article PDF
  15. Olkkonen, M., McCarthy, P., & Allred, S. R. (2014). The central tendency bias in color perception: Effects of internal and external noise. Journal of Vision, 14(11):5, 1-15. Article
  16. Bae, G.-Y., Olkkonen, M., Allred, S. R., Wilson, C., & Flombaum, J. I. (2014). Stimulus-specific variability in color working memory with delayed estimation. Journal of Vision,14(4):7, 1-23. Article
  17. Olkkonen, M., & Allred, S. R. (2014). Short-term memory affects color perception in context. PloS ONE, 9(1):e8648, 1-11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086488. Article

  18. Allred, S. R., & Olkkonen, M. (2013) The effect of background and illumination on color appearance of real, 3D objects. Frontiers in Psychology, 4:821, 1-14. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00821 Article

  19. Olkkonen, M., Brainard, D. H. (2011). Joint effects of illumination geometry and object shape in the perception of surface reflectance i-Perception, 2(9), 1014-1034. Article
  20. Olkkonen, M., & Brainard, D. H. (2010). Perceived surface glossiness and lightness under real-world illumination. Journal of vision, 10(9):5, 1-19. Special issue: Perception of surface color and material properties. Article
  21. Olkkonen, M., Witzel, C., Hansen, T., & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2010). Categorical color constancy for real surfaces. Journal of vision, 10(9):16, 1-22. Special issue: Perception of surface color and material properties. Article
  22. Olkkonen, M., Hansen, T., & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2009). Categorical color constancy for simulated surfaces. Journal of Vision, 9(12):6, 1-18. Article
  23. Olkkonen, M., Hansen, T., & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2008). Colour appearance of familiar objects: Effects of object shape, texture and illumination changes. Journal of Vision, 8 , 1-16. Article
  24. Hansen, T., Olkkonen, M., Walter, S. & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2006). Memory modulates color appearance. Nature Neuroscience, 9, 1367-1368. PDF   Supplementary material
  25. Olkkonen, M. & Mustonen, T. (2005). Estimating text legibility of a mobile display on the basis of translational vibration caused by walking. Journal of the Society for Information Display, 13, 657-663. PDF

Commentary

  1. Witzel, C., Olkkonen, M., & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2016). Memory colors affect color appearace. Commentary on Firestone and Scholl's target article Cognition does not affect perception: Evaluating the evidence for "top-down" effects, Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 9, E229, 51-52.

Book chapters

  1. Olkkonen, M. (2020). Color constancy and categories. Encyclopedia of Color Science and Technology. R. Shamey (Ed), 2nd ed. Springer (in press). Accepted manuscript
  2. Olkkonen, M., Ekroll, V. E. (2016). Color constancy and contextual effects on color appearance. Springer Series in Vision Research, Human Colour Vision. J. Kremers, R baraas, & J. Marshal (Eds). PDF
  3. Olkkonen, M., Hansen, T., & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2012). High-level perceptual influences on color appearance. In Visual Experience: Sensation, Cognition and Constancy. G. Hatfield & S. R. Allred (Eds). Oxford: Oxford University Press., pp.178-198. Accepted manuscript

Conference proceedings

  1. Vuori, T., & Olkkonen, M. (2006). The effect of image sharpness on quantitative eye-movement data and on image quality evaluation while viewing natural images. Electronic Imaging 2006, Image Quality and System Performance III, 6059. San Jose, California,USA. PDF

  2. Mustonen, T. Olkkonen, M. & Häkkinen, J. (2004) Examining mobile phone text legibility while walking. Proceedings of ACM CHI 2004 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2004, 2, p.1243-1246. New York: ACM Press. PDF
  3. Vuori, T., Olkkonen, M., Pölönen, M., Siren, A., & Häkkinen, J. (2004). Can eye movements be quantitatively applied to image quality studies? NordiCHI2004, Proceedings of the Third Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, 335-338, Tampere, Finland.

Conference abstracts

  1. Peromaa, T. & Olkkonen, M. (2019) Does Red Really Enhance the Perception of Anger? i-Perception, 48: 73. URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/peca/48/1_suppl
  2. Olkkonen, M. (2019) Learning and memory in color perception. Journal of Vision,19(12): 5. doi: https://doi.org/10.1167/19.15.5
  3. Olkkonen, M. (2019) Learning and memory in color perception. i-Perception, 10(3S): 36. doi: 10.1177/2041669519877985
  4. Wedge-Roberts, R., Nardini, M., Beierherholm, U,. Olkkonen, M., & Aston, S. (2019). The contribution of specular highlights to colour constancy. i-Perception,10 6. doi: https://doi.org/10.1167/19.15.5
  5. Virtanen, L, Olkkonen, M., & Saarela, T. P. (2019) Spatial sampling in ensemble perception of hue. Journal of Vision,19, 195. doi: https://doi.org/10.1167/19.10.195
  6. Olkkonen, M. & Saarela, T. P. (2018) Task-dependent biases in a delayed color matching paradigm. Journal of Vision,18, 864. doi:https://doi.org/10.1167/18.10.864
  7. Saarela, T. P. & Olkkonen, M. (2017) Integration of surface material cues under uncertainty Journal of Vision,17, 49-50. doi: https://doi.org/10.1167/17.15.49a https://doi.org/10.1167/17.15.49a
  8. Olkkonen, M. & Saarela, T. P. (2017) Quickly-forming, shape-dependent memory biases in color perception. Journal of Vision, 17, 391. https://doi.org/10.1167/17.10.391
  9. Saarela, T. P. & Olkkonen, M. (2017) Integration of surface material cues in surface material discrimination Journal of Vision,17, 229. doi: https://doi.org/10.1167/17.10.229
  10. Aston,S. Olkkonen, M. & Hurlbert, A. (2017) Memory bias for illumination colour. Journal of Vision,17, 130. doi: https://doi.org/10.1167/17.10.130
  11. Olkkonen, M. (2016). Color Memory and Visual Processing. Journal of Vision,16,26-27. doi: https://doi.org/10.1167/16.4.21
  12. Olkkonen, M., Mattar, M. G. M, Aguirre, G., & Epstein, R. A. (2015). Adaptation sharpens object representations: Evidence from shape discrimination thresholds. Journal of Vision, 15(12): 722. https://doi.org/10.1167/15.12.722
  13. Mattar, M. G. M, Olkkonen, M., Aguirre, G., & Epstein, R. A. (2015).Adaptation decorrelates object representations: Evidence from Multivoxel Pattern Analysis. Journal of Vision, 15(12): 1385. https://doi.org/10.1167/15.12.1385
  14. Allred, S. R., Bae, G.-Y., Olkkonen, M., Flonbaum, J. (2015). A new model for the contents of visual working memory. Journal of Vision, 15(12): 83. doi:10.1167/15.12.83 Link to abstract
  15. Olkkonen, M., Aguirre, G., & Epstein, R. A. (2014). Expectation does not affect fMRI adaptation in metric face space. Society for Neuroscience meeting in Washington DC November 2014. Link to abstract
  16. Olkkonen, M., Saarela, T. P., & Allred, S. R. (2014). Interaction between context and memory in lightness perception: Evidence for a reflectance estimation model. Journal of Vision, 14(15):41. https://doi.org/10.1167/14.10.41
  17. Bae, G.-Y., Olkkonen, M., Allred, S. R., Wilson, C. & Flonbaum, J. (2014). Models of color working memory with color perception as a variable. Journal of Vision, 14(10):159. https://doi.org/10.1167/14.10.159
  18. McCarthy, P.,Olkkonen, M. & Allred, S. R. (2014). Color constancy and palette complexity in real scenes. Journal of Vision, 14(10): 796. https://doi.org/10.1167/14.10.796
  19. Olkkonen, M., McCarthy, P., & Allred, S. R. (2014). The effects of delay and chromatic noise on hue bias and precision. Journal of Vision, 14(10): 793. doi:10.1167/14.10.793. http://www.journalofvision.org/content/13/9/465/
  20. Olkkonen, M. & Allred, S. R. (2013). Effects of short-term memory on perceived hue. Journal of Vision, 13(9): 465. doi:10.1167/13.9.465. http://www.journalofvision.org/content/13/9/465/
  21. Olkkonen, M. & Allred, S. R. (2012). Relationship between constancy and memory for stimulus hue and lightness. Perception, 41s, 45. Slide presentation at F1000
  22. Olkkonen, M. & Allred, S. R. (2012). Bias and precision in the perception and memory for stimulus lightness [Abstract] Journal of vision, 12(9):1209. http://journalofvision.org/12/9/1209/.
  23. Olkkonen, M. & Brainard, D.H. (2011). Shape modulates the effect of lightfield on perceived glossiness [Abstract] Journal of vision, 11(11):398. http://journalofvision.org/11/11/398/.
  24. Olkkonen, M. & Brainard, D.H. (2010). Interaction of diffuse and specular reflectance in the perception of object lightness and glossiness. [Abstract] Journal of vision, 10(7):389. http://journalofvision.org/10/7/389/.
  25. Olkkonen, M. & Brainard, D.H. (2009). Perception of lightness and glossiness under natural lightfields. Poster presented at the OSA Fall Vision Meeting, 24th-27th September 2009, Seattle, WA. [Abstract] Journal of Vision, 9(14):70, https://doi.org/10.1167/9.14.70
  26. Olkkonen, M., Witzel, C., Hansen, T. & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2009). Categorical color constancy for rendered and real surfaces. [Abstract]. Journal of Vision, 9:331. https://doi.org/10.1167/9.8.331
  27. Olkkonen, M., Oliver, R., Hansen, T., Gegenfurtner, K. R. & Brainard, D.H. (2008). Investigating color constancy for natural objects. Poster presented at the Workshop on Perception of material properties in 3D scenes at the University of Pensylvania, 10/17--10/19/2008.
  28. Olkkonen, M., Hansen, T. & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2008).The structure of color space is largely invariant under illuminant changes [Abstract]. Journal of Vision, 8, 574, 574a, http://journalofvision.org/8/6/574/.
  29. Olkkonen, M., Hansen, T. & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2008). Memory color effects on color appearance under varying illumination. [Abstract]. Journal of Vision, 7(9):460, 460a, http://journalofvision.org/7/9/460/.
  30. Olkkonen, M., Hansen, T. & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2007). Memory color effects on color appearance under varying illumination. [Abstract]. Journal of Vision, 7(9):460, 460a, http://journalofvision.org/7/9/460/.
  31. Olkkonen, M., Hansen, T. & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2006). Investigating memory colours of natural objects: A new method of chromatic adjustment. Perception, 35s, 194.
  32. Olkkonen, M., Hansen, T. & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2006). Color constancy for natural objects using polar chromatic adjustment. Poster presented at the 9th Tübingen Wahrnehmungskonferenz, 3.-5.3.2006.
  33. Olkkonen, M. & Mustonen, T. (2004) Walking-caused vibration and small display legibility. Proceedings of the 2004 International Display Workshops.
  34. Olkkonen, M. , Saarela, T.P., Peromaa, T.L. & Laurinen, P.I (2002). Effects of chromatic contrast on brightness perception. Perception, 31s, 184-185.